How aware are you of the Internet's often-unsaid rules? Do you know how to stay safe on the net and be a good digital citizen? Whether a first-time learner or a veteran browser hoping to refresh their memory, learn the do's and don't of online safety.

1. DO'S AND DON'TS OF
ONLINE SAFETY
A R E Y O U U N I N T E N T I O N A L L Y P U T T I N G Y O U R C H I L D A T R I S K ?
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2. #1: POSTING PICTURES OF YOUR
CHILD ONLINE
“Posting photos of your kids creates a digital footprint—a kind of
electronic paper trail—that forms their identities in a world they
haven’t chosen to enter” (Common Sense Media, n.d.).
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3. #2 DISCLOSING
IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION
Posting information about your
child and yourself online can leave
you vulnerable to identity theft. “A
thief could piece together what
might appear to be random bits of
disparate information and use it to
impersonate your child”
(Hardy, n.d.).
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4. #3 NOT ADJUSTING PRIVACY
SETTINGS
Check out your accounts to ensure that only people you
know and trust can see the information you post to the
web.
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5. #4 LEAVING THE
LOCATION ON
“If you leave your location settings
on, there’s a location tag and you
can hit it and the majority of
people add their photos at home so
you can pretty much guess where
they live” (Carty, 2015).
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6. #5 EXPRESSING FEELINGS OF
VULNERABILITY ONLINE
Online behaviors that give, “an appearance of
vulnerability-sadness, loneliness or anger-could invite
unwanted contact from strangers” (Hardy, n.d.)
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7. #6 CHOOSING A SIMPLE PASSWORD
To avoid hackers, try to keep your passwords as complex
as possible by avoiding including personal information
and complete words. Get creative with your password by
combining multiple words as well as adding numbers and
special characters.
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8. STAY SAFE ONLINE
For more information about online safety, click here for
our free Parents' Survival Guide to Online Safety, or
visit www.kidguard.com.
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